Shakespeare in Transition

Political Appropriations in the Postcommunist Czech Republic

  • Authors
  • Marcela Kostihová
Book

Part of the Performan Interventions book series (PIPI)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction
      Marcela Kostihová
      Pages 1-14

  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 15-15
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    2. ‘The End of History’ in Central and Eastern Europe
      Marcela Kostihová
      Pages 17-29
    3. Shakespeares of the Postcommunist World
      Marcela Kostihová
      Pages 30-67

  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 69-69
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    2. Translation Wars: Redefining Shakespeare in the Postcommunist Czech Republic
      Marcela Kostihová
      Pages 71-93
    3. Katharina ‘Humanized’: Abusing the ‘Shrew’ on Prague Stages
      Marcela Kostihová
      Pages 94-131
    4. Politics of Desire: Postcommunist Czech Shakespeare and Non-normative Masculinity
      Marcela Kostihová
      Pages 132-167
    5. Epilogue: Into the European Union
      Marcela Kostihová
      Pages 168-176
  5. Back Matter
    Pages 177-210
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About this book

Introduction

Using themed performance reviews and extensive interviews with theatre professionals, this book explores how Shakespeare's 'cultural capital' has been evoked in the reinvention of a post-communist nation against a backdrop of political tensions surrounding the ascendance of Central and Eastern Europe to the European Union.

Keywords

Europe stage theatre William Shakespeare

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